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Based in Melbourne with forays into other cities.http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Katya)Blogger174125BoscoParrasiohttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-4912175574873468932Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:24:00 +00002013-03-22T18:24:14.066+11:00Renaissance GardensThe Getty blog has a post about Renaissance gardens, and some illustrations of gardens from manuscripts in the Getty's collection.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3331; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">A “Renaissance garden” is not a singular concept, and it can’t be delineated neatly along geographic or chronological lines.&nbsp;But we can make some broad generalizations about gardens, botany, and the natural world during the Renaissance in Europe.&nbsp;Villa gardens in central Italy, for example, were often designed around an ideal, proportional system of geometry, according to which the garden linked the house and the surrounding countryside along an axis.&nbsp;This planting system was later applied to gardens beyond Italy, and although many of these gardens have changed since the time of their cultivation, an illumination from a 17th-century German manuscript (below) presents a house and garden planted with a grid-axis that belonged to one Magdalene Pairin in 1502, over a century earlier. This garden appears much the same today as it did when this manuscript was created. See full post <a href="http://bit.ly/Y37Usy">here</a>.</span></blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/9zdW4DKkcds" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/9zdW4DKkcds/renaissance-gardens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2013/03/renaissance-gardens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8407767083006044820Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:44:00 +00002013-02-21T18:44:18.119+11:00Gardens and Politics | Free Talk at MFUI am giving a talk for the Melbourne Free University next week on Gardens and Politics in history. See the blurb below. It is free to attend and a very relaxed atmosphere and I encourage people to come along and enjoy a glass of wine and join in the discussion.<br /><br />It is next Tuesday 26th February at 6:30pm (the MFU <a href="http://melbournefreeuniversity.org/">website</a>&nbsp;here). Details about the venue and other talks in the series are also&nbsp;<a href="http://melbourneartnetwork.com.au/2013/02/18/art-history-lectures-and-discussion-at-melbourne-free-uni/">here</a>.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><strong>Katrina Grant</strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<em>Gardens and Politics in the Early Modern Era</em>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The way that nature has been shaped into landscapes and gardens has often been a political act that aimed to promote a personal or national identity. Gardens are symbols of a society’s attitude to nature and to the social order (for instance, who is allowed in and who is not). Political messages are often woven through the landscapes of gardens when they are created and changing attitudes can see landscapes reworked to reflect new power structures and new political realities. Too often as modern visitors we are not given any sense of this, with gardens presented simply as pleasurable and/or grandiose. In this talk I will present the political side of a number of sixteenth- to eighteenth-century European gardens from France, Italy and the UK.</blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div>Some images of a few of the gardens that I will be talking about are below.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bPHg8BqVJXs/USXFiDP3rFI/AAAAAAAAD8I/fdeeYLicEVY/s1600/IMG_9691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bPHg8BqVJXs/USXFiDP3rFI/AAAAAAAAD8I/fdeeYLicEVY/s400/IMG_9691.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temple of British Worthies</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0zmgy0mzzbA/USXGJZkd7kI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/BL2F1pwjPGc/s1600/IMG_9818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0zmgy0mzzbA/USXGJZkd7kI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/BL2F1pwjPGc/s400/IMG_9818.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Temple of Ancient Virtue</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UqumN6W2ry8/USXOx9OiIMI/AAAAAAAAD8g/BXxHPgKGzSI/s1600/Fig+6_26+Silvestre+AlcinaPalace_LesPlaisirs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UqumN6W2ry8/USXOx9OiIMI/AAAAAAAAD8g/BXxHPgKGzSI/s400/Fig+6_26+Silvestre+AlcinaPalace_LesPlaisirs.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireworks at Versailles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VmHM89IqbCM/USXO-zlIbWI/AAAAAAAAD8o/sv419h0U6Qs/s1600/Fig+6_11+Pierre+Patel_Versailles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VmHM89IqbCM/USXO-zlIbWI/AAAAAAAAD8o/sv419h0U6Qs/s400/Fig+6_11+Pierre+Patel_Versailles.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Versailles by Pierre Patel c. 1668</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_593277920"></span><span id="goog_593277921"></span><br /></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/1Mg1a53_yms" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/1Mg1a53_yms/gardens-and-politics-free-talk-at-mfu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2013/02/gardens-and-politics-free-talk-at-mfu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8402823926144508036Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:43:00 +00002013-01-22T11:44:59.189+11:00Art HistoryDurerExhibitionsNGVPrintsReview of 'The Four Horsemen'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFxkPh4Zmx8/UP3gbmJjnMI/AAAAAAAAD74/OubS9syPSiA/s1600/1_Wolgemut_Dance+of+Death.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFxkPh4Zmx8/UP3gbmJjnMI/AAAAAAAAD74/OubS9syPSiA/s320/1_Wolgemut_Dance+of+Death.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wrote this review of the NGV's current print exhibition <i>The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Death</i>&nbsp;for the Melbourne Art Network. You can read it in its entirety <a href="http://melbourneartnetwork.com.au/2013/01/21/exhibition-review-the-four-horsemen-apocalypse-death-and-disaster-reviewed-by-katrina-grant/">here</a>:</span><br /><div><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">The ‘Four Horsemen’ exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria draws together a rich, varied and evocative selection of images of death: the horseman crushing rich and poor alike beneath the hooves of his skeletal horse; the shadowy figure stalking the young and the beautiful; the horrors of war; the terrors of the final Apocalypse. The images in this exhibition are a window into a period when belief in the imminence of the Apocalypse was coupled with the more mundane fear of death from disease, accident or war. There is much that still resonates strongly today. We may not fear a religious apocalypse—though the, mostly, tongue-in-cheek panic about the Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012 suggests that traditional ideas of the apocalypse still capture our imaginations—but we have our own fears: the sense of the impending doom of climate-change, the fear of our own death or that of our loved ones. This exhibition gives us a chance to reflect on how the ever-present fear of death and disaster was dealt with in Early Modern Europe; it reminds us too that, although much has changed, the fear of brutality and death remains a common preoccupation..</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. <a href="http://melbourneartnetwork.com.au/2013/01/21/exhibition-review-the-four-horsemen-apocalypse-death-and-disaster-reviewed-by-katrina-grant/">CONT</a>.</span></blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/TfBRBHRWQl4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/TfBRBHRWQl4/review-of-four-horsemen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2013/01/review-of-four-horsemen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-1421025912514465853Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:59:00 +00002012-11-01T14:59:27.619+11:00AcWriMo goalsI'm participating in AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month - you can read more about it <a href="http://www.phd2published.com/2012/10/15/announcing-acwrimo/">here</a>) as I feel the need to set myself some more challenging goals and also be a bit more accountable. Without the structure of a PhD or external funding for a project or a proper ongoing academic position of any kind it can be hard to motivate myself to do more than keep submitting postdoc applications and then letting all the little bits of casual and volunteer work I do take over the rest of my time. However, as I keep writing my CV for jobs I am conscious that I haven't had a publication since mid last year and I haven't even submitted any for publication, nor have I been particularly rigorous about putting in abstracts for conferences that might result in a publication.<br /><br />November is going to be a slightly mad month as I am in Sydney for<a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/power/events/?id=1347"> a conference </a>next weekend, the journal I am an editor for is due to launch in mid-November, and I have another postdoc due at the end of the month. But there are plenty of days in November to fit writing in, and part of the point of AcWriMo is to just get the damn writing done and stop coming up with excuses.<br /><br />My main goal is not to write a set amount of words (but I might keep a tally as I like tallies) but to write every single day for at least 2 hours, or four pomodori (25 minute bouts w. 5 minute breaks). I want to establish a routine of using at least 2 hours a day for work that is just mine.<br /><br />The projects I will work on and plan to make decent progress on or finish are<br /><br />1. Paper for Sydney (app. 1000 words)<br />2. Abstract for AAH conference (250 words - but I will need to map out the idea in more detail to wrie a good abstract)<br />3. Postdoc due at the end of the month (1000 words)<br />4. Review of the NGV Apocalypse show for the Melbourne Art Network (1000 words)<br />5. Short article about the Edward Haytley paintings in the NGV - this is something I have started and done all the research for but which has stalled (1000 words)<br />6. Write article about Versailles based on my thesis chapter (app. 6000 words)<br />7. Write article about William Kent based on unused research from PhD (4000 words)<br />8. Try and write in this blog more - it's not exactly academic but I like the idea of getting back into the habit of writing short pieces on what I am researching, reading or looking at (though putting up blog posts does tend to be an exercise in waiting for photos to upload rather than writing...).<br /><br />That only adds up to around 14000 words (I know some people are planning on 50 000!) but some of it is not just simple writing but will require a bit of reading, note taking and library visiting and I guess if I surpass my expectations I can add more goals!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/cHYHdKBa6pQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/cHYHdKBa6pQ/acwrimo-goals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2012/11/acwrimo-goals.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-2030480774415151551Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:36:00 +00002012-07-05T19:43:17.955+10:00Snapshot East MelbourneI hadn't noticed this place till recently, unusual style for East Melbourne, not many warehouse type conversions.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6gn7fl-wEJA/T_VfqGzOPoI/AAAAAAAAD6E/6O1bm0aDV4o/s1600/IMG_0820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6gn7fl-wEJA/T_VfqGzOPoI/AAAAAAAAD6E/6O1bm0aDV4o/s640/IMG_0820.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/yzfN77ahy44" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/yzfN77ahy44/snapshot-east-melbourne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2012/07/snapshot-east-melbourne.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-1055098347040700424Thu, 03 May 2012 23:36:00 +00002012-05-04T09:39:35.320+10:00Restored Poussin at the NGV<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The NGV unveiled Nicolas Poussin's <i>Crossing of the Red Sea</i> on Wednesday after 12 months of cleaning. It looks pretty spectacular. I remember well how the painting looked before leaning as it was one that I studied as an undergrad and then, in turn, have studied with undergrads when I have taught Baroque Art. But even if you don't closely recall how it looked before, how it looks now makes it well worth a visit.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dD77uH09Uek/T6MW-LMX15I/AAAAAAAAD4c/JVlICQfJbc0/s1600/Fd103334_RGB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dD77uH09Uek/T6MW-LMX15I/AAAAAAAAD4c/JVlICQfJbc0/s400/Fd103334_RGB.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">Nicolas Poussin The Crossing of the Red Sea 1632-34 oil on canvas, 155.6 x 215.3 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1948</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wrote a longer piece on the painting's restoration, which is published on the Melbourne Art Network and you can read it here<a href="http://melbourneartnetwork.com.au/2012/05/02/news-ngv-unveils-nicolas-poussins-restored-the-crossing-of-the-red-sea/">&nbsp;http://melbourneartnetwork.com.au/2012/05/02/news-ngv-unveils-nicolas-poussins-restored-the-crossing-of-the-red-sea/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also ended up in the ABC news story on it when I was trying to get a closer look and chat to the conservator Carl Villis:</span> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-02/new-face-of-poussin-masterpiece-revealed/3985142?section=entertainment">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-02/new-face-of-poussin-masterpiece-revealed/3985142?section=entertainment</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/Xp-0-ItRrlg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/Xp-0-ItRrlg/restored-poussin-at-ngv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)1http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2012/05/restored-poussin-at-ngv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-1106578135265823892Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:57:00 +00002012-04-20T12:57:05.040+10:00Snapshot | Richmond Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Garden of small hanging succulents and one huge cactus. I love how large and out of proportion it is. It is like some succulent guardian of the weatherboard house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Gardens/Small-Gardens/i-ggDsQrT/0/L/IMG0833-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Gardens/Small-Gardens/i-ggDsQrT/0/L/IMG0833-L.jpg" /></a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/cEmwZZjs67w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/cEmwZZjs67w/snapshot-richmond-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2012/04/snapshot-richmond-garden.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8705821056520061222Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:58:00 +00002012-04-09T19:58:06.243+10:0019th century architecture20th centuryArt DecoContemporary ArchitectureRichmondSnapshotSnapshots, RichmondI like the light on days like today when one minute it is is raining horizontally and the next the sun comes out, photos from my late afternoon wander though West Richmond.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-sfWtk5z/0/L/IMG0834-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-sfWtk5z/0/L/IMG0834-L.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Modern houses in Richmond, quite a lot of this cheek-by-jowl with nineteenth-century terraces and weatherboards, some really good and some a bit average, this isn't my favourite but it looked good in the sun.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-QQ2Kcgj/0/M/IMG0830-M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-QQ2Kcgj/0/M/IMG0830-M.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red brick corner shop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-655xMW5/0/M/IMG0828-M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-655xMW5/0/M/IMG0828-M.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back of the 'All Nations Hotel' on Lennox St.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-4JRzj3N/0/L/IMG0827-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-4JRzj3N/0/L/IMG0827-L.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Terrace Houses on York St.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-XPxxwH8/0/L/IMG0840-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-XPxxwH8/0/L/IMG0840-L.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Art Deco 'Davis Relova Laundry' , building designed by Walter Mason, apparently it was converted to&nbsp;apartments&nbsp;several years ago, more <a href="http://www.artdeco.org.au/presdavisrelova.php">here</a>. Facade is looking a bit shabby</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/3-orIayPY98" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/3-orIayPY98/snapshots-richmond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)2http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2012/04/snapshots-richmond.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-327916246185132841Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:45:00 +00002012-01-21T19:45:22.480+11:00Arcadia in gardensChurchesEast MelbourneMelbourneSnapshot, St Patrick's Cathedral from Parliament GardensI always enjoy when you spot a piece of architecture from a new angle and through a new frame.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-QGZdNQj/0/M/IMG9276-M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/Architecture/Melbourne/Melbourne/i-QGZdNQj/0/M/IMG9276-M.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/P4fkm_nHjjw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/P4fkm_nHjjw/snapshot-st-patricks-cathedral-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2012/01/snapshot-st-patricks-cathedral-from.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-1165084082747628523Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:47:00 +00002011-09-16T16:47:45.077+10:00CastlemaineRailway StationsRural VictoriaSnapshot CastlemaineWaiting on Castlemaine PLatform 2 for the afternoon train to Melbourne, catching some sunshine after a cold few days in Daylesford.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBoj7LgiNZg/TnLvqFnfDQI/AAAAAAAADug/OmWO9geb9xE/s1600/IMG_9177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBoj7LgiNZg/TnLvqFnfDQI/AAAAAAAADug/OmWO9geb9xE/s640/IMG_9177.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/zqK-Ar7T6HU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/zqK-Ar7T6HU/snapshot-castlemaine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)1http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/09/snapshot-castlemaine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-4691279418411037412Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:23:00 +00002011-06-11T02:24:01.572+10:007th centuryCastlesEnglandNorthumberlandUKBamburgh Castle, NorthumberlandSorting through photos and these are some of my favourites because the weather was just glorious. Although my real focus on this trip has been English gardens I have a bit of a thing for proper fortified castles that tower above the landscape. I stopped at this one during a drive up the east coast in Northumberland after visiting the recent garden at Alnwick Castle. It is quite close to Lindisfarne. The coast line is very beautiful and has what I think of (in my prejudiced way) as proper beaches, with golden sand and very little development, unlike the southern rocky beaches and the built up seaside towns in places like Brighton. There has been a castle here since about the 7th century AD I think, and i was the seat of the kings of Northumnbria at the time when England was split into several kingdoms.There is more history on the websit if you are interested.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bamburghcastle.com/history.php">http://www.bamburghcastle.com/history.php</a><br /><br />Photos. I didn't go in as I had to drive on to Scotland but I circled around the outside. Do you like the dramatic contrasts between blue sky and clouds in a period of only about 40 minutes!? Typical English summer weather.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-BRBZ9FN/0/L/i-BRBZ9FN-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-BRBZ9FN/0/L/i-BRBZ9FN-L.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-mH3GzMP/0/L/i-mH3GzMP-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-mH3GzMP/0/L/i-mH3GzMP-L.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-XX4PZHm/0/XL/i-XX4PZHm-XL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-XX4PZHm/0/XL/i-XX4PZHm-XL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-M3sqXkp/0/XL/i-M3sqXkp-XL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-M3sqXkp/0/XL/i-M3sqXkp-XL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-SscQT6z/0/XL/i-SscQT6z-XL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-SscQT6z/0/XL/i-SscQT6z-XL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-4xp2hT9/0/XL/i-4xp2hT9-XL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-4xp2hT9/0/XL/i-4xp2hT9-XL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-z7dZ687/0/XL/i-z7dZ687-XL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://orientalhotel.smugmug.com/photos/i-z7dZ687/0/XL/i-z7dZ687-XL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/Scs8ovXeji0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/Scs8ovXeji0/bamburgh-castle-northumberland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)1http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/06/bamburgh-castle-northumberland.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-7446676843413674403Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:22:00 +00002011-04-29T20:24:39.413+10:00Melbourne MannerismMelbourne UniversityParkvilleSnapshotSnapshots, Melbourne UniI was waiting for someone outside the 1888 building at Melbourne Uni the other day. I have been there so much over the past decade as a student and as staff but because I work there I tend not to take many photos. I had some time on my hands, and a camera and the sun was shining so here a few snaps.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lyZlXcg8NWY/TbqLZMy1tZI/AAAAAAAADH8/1TJoiNH3JCE/s1600/IMG_8358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lyZlXcg8NWY/TbqLZMy1tZI/AAAAAAAADH8/1TJoiNH3JCE/s640/IMG_8358.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;The 188 building itself. I like all it crowded ornament set against the red brick. There is always something about brick as a material on a&nbsp;façade&nbsp;that helps to tone down crazy ornament in a way a stucco or rendered&nbsp;façade&nbsp;wouldn't. There is something almost mannerist about the ornament, the crowded banded columns and the strange spiky pyramids. Though it lacks the elegance of more sophisticated mannerist architecture, everything is a bit crowded, a bit squeezed, but I still like it.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ia1GBOIgF_w/TbqLcpruSZI/AAAAAAAADIA/enW3sx-yMtM/s1600/IMG_8356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ia1GBOIgF_w/TbqLcpruSZI/AAAAAAAADIA/enW3sx-yMtM/s640/IMG_8356.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have to admit to never taking much notice of this pub, I don't really like it as a place to go (the interior is pretty awful, blonde tiles etc). But in the afternoon autumn sun the outside looks pretty good. I am guessing it was built in 1926 as the date above the door suggests, it has been designed to look older unlike a few of the other deco style pubs around this area.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/gMCfwd6QZu0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/gMCfwd6QZu0/snapshots-melbourne-uni.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)4http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/04/snapshots-melbourne-uni.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8317721441292034892Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:08:00 +00002011-04-22T13:08:29.575+10:00CollingwoodOld SignsSnapshot, Collingwood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FaavIaNtrss/TX3XoHHdX5I/AAAAAAAAC9M/h1ikZFIrFAg/s1600/IMG_6393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FaavIaNtrss/TX3XoHHdX5I/AAAAAAAAC9M/h1ikZFIrFAg/s640/IMG_6393.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Somewhere in Collingwood, not sure, somewhere near Rokeby St, maybe even on Rokeby St?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/XnVQcrM7G8o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/XnVQcrM7G8o/snapshot-collingwood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)2http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/04/snapshot-collingwood.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-5242985033058323863Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:09:00 +00002011-04-02T20:09:21.500+11:0019th centuryAdelaideShopSnapshotSnapshots, AdelaideA photo I took last October. I didn't have much else to do in Adelaide than walk around the city for hours on end, which suited me just fine. I wandered down lots of small streets and found some lovely little buildings. This small shop is on Compton St, just near the Central Markets.<br /><br />I was struck by this shop and it had a reassuring small blue plaque. The plaque reads<br /><blockquote>This small building was originally built as a house by Edward Moore in 1817. A shopfront was added by the next owner, baker Matthew Madge, in 1898-99. Bert Edwards, one of Adelaide's most colourful and notable citizens, opened a tea room here in 1913. It was immensely popular, particularly on Friday nights when the rear of the shop was used for playing the then illegal game of two-up.</blockquote>I think I like that last use the best. And I am guessing that at some point it had something to do with the Metropolitan Saw Works, though that sounds like a very big thing for such a small shop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qEtc2FOouPs/TZbaxbBLSpI/AAAAAAAADDY/bIyGg4ms1dI/s1600/IMG_7292_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qEtc2FOouPs/TZbaxbBLSpI/AAAAAAAADDY/bIyGg4ms1dI/s640/IMG_7292_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BqyK6x46Jzk/TZbbOUJSeyI/AAAAAAAADDo/ko58OgJ_VLI/s1600/IMG_7288+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BqyK6x46Jzk/TZbbOUJSeyI/AAAAAAAADDo/ko58OgJ_VLI/s640/IMG_7288+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3h3VliMBPI/TZbZK9Vm0GI/AAAAAAAADDU/RUghBqlw4pw/s1600/IMG_7293+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3h3VliMBPI/TZbZK9Vm0GI/AAAAAAAADDU/RUghBqlw4pw/s640/IMG_7293+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/Ge7VQ0A85-M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/Ge7VQ0A85-M/snapshots-adelaide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)2http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/04/snapshots-adelaide.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-6891204657574345171Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:21:00 +00002011-03-14T21:21:32.245+11:0019th century architectureBallaratFlowersSnapshots, Ballarat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eGGHl5Vp3Tg/TX3rCHiQJNI/AAAAAAAAC-A/oeU2rGHsvcM/s1600/IMG_8282_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eGGHl5Vp3Tg/TX3rCHiQJNI/AAAAAAAAC-A/oeU2rGHsvcM/s640/IMG_8282_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View of the Mining Exchange and Post Office, Lydiard St Nth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-em4Xx7OK3i4/TX3kyp8WDnI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/ysjDQrUgS_Q/s1600/IMG_8251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-em4Xx7OK3i4/TX3kyp8WDnI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/ysjDQrUgS_Q/s640/IMG_8251.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Begonias at the Begonia Festival, Ballarat Botanic Gardens.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/l1aZA4UV2ZY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/l1aZA4UV2ZY/snapshots-ballarat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)1http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/03/snapshots-ballarat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8061074771570078836Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:26:00 +00002011-02-20T20:26:13.997+11:00GardensRural VictoriaLavandula, Hepburn Springs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I went to Lavandula, a Lavender farm and garden in Hepburn Springs the Friday before last. It had rained heavily all&nbsp;morning&nbsp;so the sky was grey and the ground was damp and the light wasn't the best for photos. After a month of heavy rain the gardens were very lush and green. The old buildings date back to the 1860s when it was a dairy farm set up by a Swiss-Italian migrant, the property was more-or-less abandoned and then bought by Carol White about twenty years ago. It has a&nbsp;lavender&nbsp;farm (as you would expect) around the property, as well as vegetable gardens, fruit trees, geese, even a donkey. The new owner aimed to create a farm and gardens inspired by Italian, or Swiss Italian, farms. It&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;has an Italian feel to it with grape vines and lines of pointy trees.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UQHGQ6u4Bb0/TVeXgIWaRyI/AAAAAAAAC0k/lq3tPHPdvdQ/s1600/IMG_7973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UQHGQ6u4Bb0/TVeXgIWaRyI/AAAAAAAAC0k/lq3tPHPdvdQ/s640/IMG_7973.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the old buildings almost completely covered in grape vines.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_-Y4OvmHsc/TVeXpS-aCnI/AAAAAAAAC0s/gDGszFaBCzg/s1600/IMG_7987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_-Y4OvmHsc/TVeXpS-aCnI/AAAAAAAAC0s/gDGszFaBCzg/s640/IMG_7987.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Simple slate paving forms a path through the green grass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Um_frO9A_X8/TVeXrj5kh2I/AAAAAAAAC0w/BppquJCMV0I/s1600/IMG_7990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Um_frO9A_X8/TVeXrj5kh2I/AAAAAAAAC0w/BppquJCMV0I/s640/IMG_7990.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Freshly pruned lavender, the farm had both these 'balls' of lavender, that you often see in photos of French and Italian lavender farms, as well as less controlled plants.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6eMnriOdpXg/TVeXtMILawI/AAAAAAAAC00/wZ3f0lTfEhY/s1600/IMG_7994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6eMnriOdpXg/TVeXtMILawI/AAAAAAAAC00/wZ3f0lTfEhY/s640/IMG_7994.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trees in a row.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhHxQSnwjjs/TVeXu-qdl8I/AAAAAAAAC04/QF9HILir3UM/s1600/IMG_7997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhHxQSnwjjs/TVeXu-qdl8I/AAAAAAAAC04/QF9HILir3UM/s640/IMG_7997.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View back across one of the lavender beds toward the old milking shed (now the shop). All the plantings were laid out in a visually interesting way, often bordered by other plants. You can see here how they have created visual variety by pruning the central lavender plants but leaving the ones around the edges to grow in a more wild manner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3U_Y23MFfpI/TVeXybBULjI/AAAAAAAAC08/5Fjk79IhDFI/s1600/IMG_8007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3U_Y23MFfpI/TVeXybBULjI/AAAAAAAAC08/5Fjk79IhDFI/s640/IMG_8007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View across the field towards the gentle rolling hills. These low hills are typical of the Hepburn/ Daylesford area, so many farms are set in these shallow valleys.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rVHoKmt7QSE/TVeX2eN3m1I/AAAAAAAAC1A/vJ0a776B5bg/s1600/IMG_8012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rVHoKmt7QSE/TVeX2eN3m1I/AAAAAAAAC1A/vJ0a776B5bg/s640/IMG_8012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The dam, or pond, or lake, not sure what they called it. A range of European trees and eucalypts, a very 'Victorian' view.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-43bgjZ2_IZo/TVeYkL3cIZI/AAAAAAAAC2k/dywypgUH4ik/s1600/IMG_8059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-43bgjZ2_IZo/TVeYkL3cIZI/AAAAAAAAC2k/dywypgUH4ik/s640/IMG_8059.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OT2j2ppD4Ac/TVeX5v2_kKI/AAAAAAAAC1I/tvM8S9QL00k/s1600/IMG_8020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OT2j2ppD4Ac/TVeX5v2_kKI/AAAAAAAAC1I/tvM8S9QL00k/s640/IMG_8020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lavender! The whole garden was infused with the smell of lavender, not quite overpowering but very present.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XB2vPMUFE2s/TVeX_5dmBqI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/tIKZ3tdHyZo/s1600/IMG_8025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XB2vPMUFE2s/TVeX_5dmBqI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/tIKZ3tdHyZo/s640/IMG_8025.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 'wild' lavender sea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oHCcs7gYCVw/TVeYLurj5fI/AAAAAAAAC1k/EDwBHaU7Kwo/s1600/IMG_8032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oHCcs7gYCVw/TVeYLurj5fI/AAAAAAAAC1k/EDwBHaU7Kwo/s640/IMG_8032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A green quince, this got me excited about the arrival of quince season.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KbEIS2UGxZU/TVeYNB7sYFI/AAAAAAAAC1o/_DoPnINhZ1M/s1600/IMG_8033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KbEIS2UGxZU/TVeYNB7sYFI/AAAAAAAAC1o/_DoPnINhZ1M/s640/IMG_8033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess some kind of old dairy farm thing being used as a tub for waterlilies, very effective.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xQG7jHIwp0I/TVeYOATVWNI/AAAAAAAAC1s/XLckH8Kjlf8/s1600/IMG_8034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xQG7jHIwp0I/TVeYOATVWNI/AAAAAAAAC1s/XLckH8Kjlf8/s640/IMG_8034.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can never remember the name of these flowers, I have asked about 100 times and i never retain it. Anyway here they are after the petals have fallen off. Suggestive and sculptural!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-myld_KlmZ_o/TVeYRBwYXrI/AAAAAAAAC10/VAREWvToGWI/s1600/IMG_8031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-myld_KlmZ_o/TVeYRBwYXrI/AAAAAAAAC10/VAREWvToGWI/s640/IMG_8031.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-foZwz2aWJRY/TVeYizi1N7I/AAAAAAAAC2c/Or4UDSHMaro/s1600/IMG_8056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-foZwz2aWJRY/TVeYizi1N7I/AAAAAAAAC2c/Or4UDSHMaro/s640/IMG_8056.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">More views of the plantings, I like all the different heights from the tall pines, to the medium height fruit trees to the low growing lavender.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kAaDQprDV48/TVeYTKcynZI/AAAAAAAAC14/cjnpVZM3Tgw/s1600/IMG_8036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kAaDQprDV48/TVeYTKcynZI/AAAAAAAAC14/cjnpVZM3Tgw/s640/IMG_8036.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fields and fields of lavender.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I8zUHvn6C6c/TVeYZzIPFsI/AAAAAAAAC2I/Uev4FUcvwJ0/s1600/IMG_8046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I8zUHvn6C6c/TVeYZzIPFsI/AAAAAAAAC2I/Uev4FUcvwJ0/s640/IMG_8046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The vegie patch.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-julUbYJSTb8/TVeYVAa-yhI/AAAAAAAAC18/TQ_QmGQkVFE/s1600/IMG_8040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-julUbYJSTb8/TVeYVAa-yhI/AAAAAAAAC18/TQ_QmGQkVFE/s640/IMG_8040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A very large zucchini.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tPs7QDwVBmM/TVeX9hGNwaI/AAAAAAAAC1M/Krjin9wqCCo/s1600/IMG_8022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tPs7QDwVBmM/TVeX9hGNwaI/AAAAAAAAC1M/Krjin9wqCCo/s640/IMG_8022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blackberries. They were tasty. I hope they didn't mind me eating a few.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DlrKUkqua6A/TVeYd0X-BVI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/gC79nZFnCGo/s1600/IMG_8050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DlrKUkqua6A/TVeYd0X-BVI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/gC79nZFnCGo/s640/IMG_8050.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">More fruit trees, and non fruit trees and an old cart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6jggMYj1hI/TVeYnhaEWQI/AAAAAAAAC2s/CVOcU6SO-XA/s1600/IMG_8061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6jggMYj1hI/TVeYnhaEWQI/AAAAAAAAC2s/CVOcU6SO-XA/s640/IMG_8061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pqAnac3aFco/TVeYpeYdp2I/AAAAAAAAC2w/Nn5caqiTsbE/s1600/IMG_8063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pqAnac3aFco/TVeYpeYdp2I/AAAAAAAAC2w/Nn5caqiTsbE/s640/IMG_8063.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I liked all the vines growing over the various frameworks and the closely planted trees, it gave the area around the old house and dairy a lovely intimate feeling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRbrgkxgMBY/TVeYyo_PBsI/AAAAAAAAC24/RsYglSTQxTQ/s1600/IMG_8069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRbrgkxgMBY/TVeYyo_PBsI/AAAAAAAAC24/RsYglSTQxTQ/s640/IMG_8069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another field of lavender, you get the idea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqXkG-kZ40g/TVeY0_kHXFI/AAAAAAAAC28/7S_fCpESnbg/s1600/IMG_8072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqXkG-kZ40g/TVeY0_kHXFI/AAAAAAAAC28/7S_fCpESnbg/s640/IMG_8072.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lavender drying under the verandah of the old farmhouse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqXkG-kZ40g/TVeY0_kHXFI/AAAAAAAAC28/7S_fCpESnbg/s1600/IMG_8072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8E8OAp0f7Wo/TVeYl0ZvEPI/AAAAAAAAC2o/k8mPH6kyuy8/s1600/IMG_8062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8E8OAp0f7Wo/TVeYl0ZvEPI/AAAAAAAAC2o/k8mPH6kyuy8/s640/IMG_8062.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U5Ec1X_eYN8/TVeY_mzTUAI/AAAAAAAAC3I/0POxkPUSsI4/s1600/IMG_8070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U5Ec1X_eYN8/TVeY_mzTUAI/AAAAAAAAC3I/0POxkPUSsI4/s640/IMG_8070.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The verandah on the old house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IpadOgynHWc/TVeY9nOcJcI/AAAAAAAAC3E/rWkj66uFTVc/s1600/IMG_8075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IpadOgynHWc/TVeY9nOcJcI/AAAAAAAAC3E/rWkj66uFTVc/s640/IMG_8075.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jewel spider, isn't it magnificent? Look at it's spikes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gJxSVwLD5dw/TVeYfYwyuFI/AAAAAAAAC2U/4i2-s_EV7Es/s1600/IMG_8053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gJxSVwLD5dw/TVeYfYwyuFI/AAAAAAAAC2U/4i2-s_EV7Es/s640/IMG_8053.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;The donkey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/Rud1WyjCmNM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/Rud1WyjCmNM/lavandula-hepburn-springs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)3http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/02/lavandula-hepburn-springs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8019846032422955096Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:29:00 +00002011-02-01T13:29:42.870+11:0019th century architectureDaylesfordPost OfficesSnapshotVictoriaDaylesford SnapshotsSome photos I took while down the road the other day. Don't know much about any of the&nbsp;buildings&nbsp;I'm afraid!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TUdDTOlctkI/AAAAAAAACu4/Y_AtbEYjQPM/s1600/IMG_6165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TUdDTOlctkI/AAAAAAAACu4/Y_AtbEYjQPM/s640/IMG_6165.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>&nbsp;The local post office, always nice to see a post office still in its original building. I found an early photo of it in the SLV collection from the late 1890s but I am guessing the post office was probably built a decade o two earlier, but I'm not really sure.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/2/7/im/b27334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/2/7/im/b27334.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Daylesford,&nbsp;ca. 1897-ca. 1899,&nbsp;b/w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm. approx.<br />Image No: b27334,&nbsp;State Library of Victoria<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TUdDYWqgOkI/AAAAAAAACvA/aOI6-f8j3XU/s1600/IMG_6170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TUdDYWqgOkI/AAAAAAAACvA/aOI6-f8j3XU/s640/IMG_6170.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast and Beer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TUdDVxuQR-I/AAAAAAAACu8/Wm2nb-_vpgQ/s1600/IMG_6166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TUdDVxuQR-I/AAAAAAAACu8/Wm2nb-_vpgQ/s640/IMG_6166.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cnr of Vincent St and Central Springs Rd</td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/MwWqlcBECRU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/MwWqlcBECRU/daylesford-snapshots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)1http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/02/daylesford-snapshots.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-7980998852397950622Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:25:00 +00002011-01-22T11:25:42.639+11:0019th century architectureBallaratNeo-classicismSnapshotVictorian TownsSnapshot, BallaratI was waiting for the bus to Daylesford on Wednesday and it was a beautiful sunny day so I took some photos. This is the station. The full temple portico is pretty impressive, I guess it speaks to the wealth of Ballarat during the nineteenth century.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TTkqb-RPGsI/AAAAAAAACpw/pVH3BwEd0h4/s1600/IMG_6163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TTkqb-RPGsI/AAAAAAAACpw/pVH3BwEd0h4/s640/IMG_6163.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TTkql0TvZWI/AAAAAAAACp4/LfVoEcUJv7w/s1600/IMG_6161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TTkql0TvZWI/AAAAAAAACp4/LfVoEcUJv7w/s640/IMG_6161.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/89erv-O5ytE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/89erv-O5ytE/snapshot-ballarat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)4http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/01/snapshot-ballarat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-5540748692571554028Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:47:00 +00002011-01-05T11:47:58.325+11:00Melbourne UniversityParkvilleThe Alice Hoy Code?<div style="text-align: justify;">I took these photos at the end of last year in the Alice Hoy building at Melbourne University where I had been office squatting on and off for eighteen months. I think these interiors date to the&nbsp;building's&nbsp;construction in the 1960s. The education faculty has now mostly moved out and it is about to be renovated. I'm not sure how much of the old building will be kept. A lot was changed a few years ago but there are a few small areas of 1960s interiors left (well there were in mid December), it is not very exciting but I find them interesting nonetheless. What has intrigued me most are the brick reliefs on the stairwell. I have no idea if they are meant to mean something or are just random decoration. Anyone else have any ideas, sensible and informed or otherwise? (My photos aren't great as I only had a basic camera with me but you get the general idea). Photos go from bottom of stairs to the third level.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9UmqUPdI/AAAAAAAACjo/Q4d6TqsPing/s1600/IMG_5913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9UmqUPdI/AAAAAAAACjo/Q4d6TqsPing/s400/IMG_5913.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are bizarre. Are they meant to be babies? Dead mice the owl (see below) has caught? Maybe there was something else now obscured by the fire cupboard, I doubt it though.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO8tZVkrXI/AAAAAAAACjQ/fcB1MmBDY2o/s1600/IMG_5915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO8tZVkrXI/AAAAAAAACjQ/fcB1MmBDY2o/s400/IMG_5915.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Owl. I guess this could be intended to symbolise wisdom? I think the owl is my favourite.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9d2YunOI/AAAAAAAACjs/KaDgsUg7jxo/s1600/IMG_5918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9d2YunOI/AAAAAAAACjs/KaDgsUg7jxo/s400/IMG_5918.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Motherly looking figure, I guess this makes sense, for an education building, but is that a key? Also she seems to be missing her babies, maybe she dropped them under the stairs...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9xOCqhnI/AAAAAAAACkA/x49ofrvwQxk/s1600/IMG_5923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9xOCqhnI/AAAAAAAACkA/x49ofrvwQxk/s400/IMG_5923.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weird armless people ascending towards a question mark and then an arrow pointing them down again. Is this a metaphor for university?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9n9EBgpI/AAAAAAAACj8/R3nG5z7KjiM/s1600/IMG_5922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TSO9n9EBgpI/AAAAAAAACj8/R3nG5z7KjiM/s400/IMG_5922.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun, this is at the top of the staircase, which I guess is logical.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/_h1u0ZwNVdo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/_h1u0ZwNVdo/alice-hoy-code.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)2http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2011/01/alice-hoy-code.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-7855281083108153896Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:35:00 +00002010-11-30T17:39:53.050+11:00LandscapesPhotographyEdwin Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSXeWqp4gI/AAAAAAAACbM/VnJW6SHt3Ak/s1600/IMG_5835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSXeWqp4gI/AAAAAAAACbM/VnJW6SHt3Ak/s400/IMG_5835.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Discovered this photographer on the weekend. I am now trying to find a copy of any of his books to buy. I love the photos, the detail in the landscape and architecture scenes is incredible. There is a real sense of depth, which can be hard to achieve, so many photos of gardens and landscapes end up looking flattened out. The more intimate photos are also&nbsp;beautiful, the contrasts of shadows cast on skin or snow.<br /><br />Forgive my photos of photos but you get the idea!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSWQ15zJ1I/AAAAAAAACbI/-_IObQET3CY/s1600/IMG_5833_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSWQ15zJ1I/AAAAAAAACbI/-_IObQET3CY/s400/IMG_5833_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSZC2OIfaI/AAAAAAAACbk/dtFXQMEsxiY/s1600/IMG_5836_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSZC2OIfaI/AAAAAAAACbk/dtFXQMEsxiY/s400/IMG_5836_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSZE-pP8qI/AAAAAAAACbo/XaAzcIUA4Ys/s1600/IMG_5837_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TPSZE-pP8qI/AAAAAAAACbo/XaAzcIUA4Ys/s400/IMG_5837_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And a few better images via the V&amp;A website:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/images/photograph/large/im00183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/images/photograph/large/im00183.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="BoilerPlateTitle" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Edwin, Smith, Bealin Cros Twyford, Ireland</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">, 1965</span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/images/photograph/large/im00184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/images/photograph/large/im00184.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="BoilerPlateTitle" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Edwin Smith, Castle Ward, Co. Down, Ireland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, 1965</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/AIRoku-KjmY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/AIRoku-KjmY/edwin-smith.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2010/11/edwin-smith.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-3945771654570743304Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:29:00 +00002010-11-06T21:29:35.946+11:00EnglandGardensLabyrinthNewsElizabethan garden labyrinth spotted in luftwaffe spy photo<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>A German spy photograph of a ruined house in Northamptonshire surrounded by oddly marked fields, has revealed a secret unguessed at by the Luftwaffe cameraman: such important evidence of a lost Tudor garden that the site has been awarded Grade I status by English <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/heritage" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Heritage">Heritage</a>, ranking it among the most important <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardens" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Gardens">gardens</a> in Europe.<br />The garden's grass ring marks, shown clearly by the aerial, monochrome, photograph, are 120 metres across and almost certainly mark a Tudor labyrinth tracing in symbolic form the religious faith of its creator – a faith that finally cost the man his family fortune and his son's life, after the latter was exposed as one of the Gunpowder plotters.<br />In 1944 the photographer was probably disappointed with his efforts: the house and garden of Lyveden New Bield, near Oundle, and now owned by the National Trust, were undoubtedly peculiar but could have had no military significance.<br />The Luftwaffe images are now part of the US national archive, kept in Maryland, and were only studied closely when the National Trust ordered copies in the past six months.</blockquote></div>The full story is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/nov/06/luftwaffe-spy-tudor-garden-lyveden?CMP=twt_fd">here&nbsp;</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/5/1288974595815/Lyveden-New-Bield-Tudor-g-006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/5/1288974595815/Lyveden-New-Bield-Tudor-g-006.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />This is very interesting. Aerial archaeology is quite a big thing but I have never read much about it in relation to garden archaeology, I guess partly because only very large and obvious designs would be visible, more subtle plantings would be harder if not impossible to see. Aerial photos are an interesting source for the study of gardens. I have been using the ones on Google Earth and Google Maps to look for historical garden sites. This may sound odd but often I actually have very little idea about the modern state of a seventeenth or eighteenth-century garden just from primary and secondary sources. Less famous gardens are often only referred to in passing and may only be illustrated with an old engraving rather than a modern photo.&nbsp; I'll try and find some of the comparisons I put together for a post tomorrow.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/h-SU9J793eo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/h-SU9J793eo/elizabethan-garden-labyrinth-spotted-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)2http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2010/11/elizabethan-garden-labyrinth-spotted-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-6319310902735162352Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:47:00 +00002010-11-04T22:47:20.897+11:0014th centuryChurchesDecorative DetailsDoorwaysVeniceDecorative details - Venetian DoorwayA doorway from Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. A nice door if I ever saw one...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKb8t9HNDI/AAAAAAAACU4/_kD8fhHAN94/s1600/IMG_4798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKb8t9HNDI/AAAAAAAACU4/_kD8fhHAN94/s400/IMG_4798.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKb2fGePYI/AAAAAAAACU0/ZYQe2oJcbL4/s1600/IMG_4808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKb2fGePYI/AAAAAAAACU0/ZYQe2oJcbL4/s640/IMG_4808.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKbyow5i8I/AAAAAAAACUs/Z2jwaLqA3zw/s1600/IMG_4803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKbyow5i8I/AAAAAAAACUs/Z2jwaLqA3zw/s640/IMG_4803.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKbwlmhfjI/AAAAAAAACUo/4hCgs6OS_vo/s1600/IMG_4802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNKbwlmhfjI/AAAAAAAACUo/4hCgs6OS_vo/s640/IMG_4802.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/HFVFdDri6FU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/HFVFdDri6FU/decorative-details-venetian-doorway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2010/11/decorative-details-venetian-doorway.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-8549182317273203611Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:13:00 +00002010-11-03T20:13:29.194+11:00ItalyTheatreVicenzaTeatro Olimpico Vicenza<div style="text-align: justify;">Something short and sweet tonight. I just had this photo up to add to my thesis catalogue. Some of you probably know it - the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy. Designed by Andrea Palladio and&nbsp; then completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi. It is unusual for its survival, theatres usually have terribly short life spans, especially before the advent of electric light when the combination of many many candles and a lot of flammable wood and paper meant they tended to burn down. It is also unique as an example of an attempt to recreate an ancient Roman theatre. It was built for the humanist Accademia Olimpica in Vicenza who wished to perform plays in it after the style of ancient Rome, both revivals of ancient plays as well as new plays written in the same style. It is very closely based on antique examples with the semi circular seats (the <i>cavea</i>) the permanent scenery (<i>scaenae</i>) with its screen of columns and sculptures (<i>columnatio</i>). The streets are very much based on 16th scenery, though we do know that Roman theatres did have some kind of scenery behind the <i>columnatio</i>. By the time it was completed in the 1580s the interest in reviving ancient plays was on the wane and instead most theatrical productions were using a theatre in a style that is still very familiar today, with&nbsp; a semi-circular auditorium, a single proscenium arch and scenery on some kind of moveable machines and a backdrop. You can still watch plays and operas in this theatre, I have never been there at the right time of year though.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The illusion is quite amazing and one always wants to wander up the street to see just how short it really is.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNEmbVA2u8I/AAAAAAAACUQ/iefrQfLBoYQ/s1600/IMG_5407_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNEmbVA2u8I/AAAAAAAACUQ/iefrQfLBoYQ/s640/IMG_5407_small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNEmuGOTOwI/AAAAAAAACUU/Zd21qm1HqYA/s1600/IMG_5424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNEmuGOTOwI/AAAAAAAACUU/Zd21qm1HqYA/s640/IMG_5424.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNEm0Xg87lI/AAAAAAAACUY/jGK0OIWLmfw/s1600/IMG_5411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TNEm0Xg87lI/AAAAAAAACUY/jGK0OIWLmfw/s640/IMG_5411.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/OlgZCcPLxRU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/OlgZCcPLxRU/teatro-olimpico-vicenza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2010/11/teatro-olimpico-vicenza.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-581330490622022068Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:29:00 +00002010-11-03T11:29:13.817+11:00NaBloPoMoNaBloPoMoSo I decided to sign up for this in a&nbsp; fit of procrastination, which is possibly unwise as I am trying to finish my PhD and I will soon have mountain of marking. My plan is that if I have this to do when I need a break from either of the above things it&nbsp; will help focus me. That's the theory. I posted twice yesterday and will post something later today. I am currently working on my image catalogue for my thesis so expect a lot of musings on images from that.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/ieTQoTO9NQM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/ieTQoTO9NQM/nablopomo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)0http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2010/11/nablopomo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704523265102230674.post-6232036252207010697Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:33:00 +00002010-11-02T22:33:55.904+11:001930s20th centuryArt DecoEast MelbourneSnapshotSnapshot East Melbourne<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM_1WxYvBYI/AAAAAAAACT4/oNy6G65pFIk/s1600/IMG_6512.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM_1WxYvBYI/AAAAAAAACT4/oNy6G65pFIk/s320/IMG_6512.JPG" width="213" /></a> <br />I posted this on Walking Melbourne and ended up writing some thoughts about what style it is and I thought I would re-post them here. It is an interesting little building, quite different to most of the 1930s apartment blocks in East Melbourne.<br />Called Bradoc House it was built in 1933 and is on George St between Simpson St and Hoddle St. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM4rZ-HX_LI/AAAAAAAACS4/3laS4-uahqg/s1600/IMG_6507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM4rZ-HX_LI/AAAAAAAACS4/3laS4-uahqg/s640/IMG_6507.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM_1O4jkb8I/AAAAAAAACT0/2yso6yCshk8/s1600/IMG_6510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM_1O4jkb8I/AAAAAAAACT0/2yso6yCshk8/s640/IMG_6510.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="postbody"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uObNyYcqeZ4/TM_1WxYvBYI/AAAAAAAACT4/oNy6G65pFIk/s1600/IMG_6512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br />The info from the East Melbourne Historical Society <a class="postlink" href="http://emhs.org.au/history/buildings/east_melbourne_george_street_032-038_bradoc_house">http://emhs.org.au/history/buildings/ea ... adoc_house</a> says it is Tudor-Byzantine with Spanish influence, but well, that just sounds a bit silly to me. I guess the white and dark colours is a bit Tudor, but is is also Spanish Colonial. I have no idea why Byzantine, I guess maybe the tower could be and the way the forms are massed together, and it has some hints at crenelations, but once again this all could come from a Spanish colonial influence as well. If anything it makes me think more of Romanesque style than Byzantine. Personally rather than Tudor-Byzantine I would say it has Spanish Colonial and Arts and Crafts influences. I don't think there are really hard and fast descriptions for 20th century architectural styles, especially in periods that experimented with a lot of revival styles. What do others think?<span class="postbody"><br /></span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~4/MgGuquLmEno" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoscoParrasio/~3/MgGuquLmEno/snapshot-east-melbourne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katya)2http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/2010/11/snapshot-east-melbourne.html